Wetlands Erien Gordon's 5th grade class in Methuen, MA, observes
the wetlands behind their school in order to come up with questions
for an investigation.

Pendulums Margarita Manso-Rosa's students in a 5-8th grade
bilingual (Spanish) class in Cambridge, MA, share their results of
a pendulum investigation and ask each other questions about what they've
learned.

Paper Trusses Nancy Cianchetta's 8th grade students in Everett,
MA move from disinterest to involvement when they are presented with
a paper truss challenge.

WORKSHOP 5

Mental Addition Meredith Livings's 2nd grade class at the
South Shades Crest School (Hoover, AL) engages in "mind mathematics"
as the students solve double digit addition problems in their heads.

Mental Multiplication Sherry Parrish's 4th grade students
at the South Shades Crest School describe and defend their strategies
for solving double digit multiplication problems in their heads.

WORKSHOP 6

Ross School (E. Hampton, NY) See a number of multiple intelligence
strategies in practice:

Girl Scouts Clubhouse At a computer clubhouse run by the Patriot
Trail Girl Scouts (Boston, MA), girls ages 8 to 11 design projects
on the computer, under the guidance of teenage mentors.

Robots In Ronnie Ranere's K-1 class at the Bronx New School
(Bronx, NY), students use robots to figure out distance on number
lines.

Crickets In Mark Hardy's 4th and 5th-grade class at the Bronx
New School, students use "crickets" to collect temperature
data before and after a walk.

WORKSHOP 8

Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
A high school math class in Japan works on a challenging geometry
problem.

Round Table A group of teachers, administrators, and parents
discuss how the TIMSS results reflect cultural and societal values
and share their own ideas about what we, as a society, can do to improve
our education system for our children.